R.U.R.: The (Un)Discovered Contexts and Present-day Perspective

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

R.U.R.: The (Un)Discovered Contexts and Present-day Perspective

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The chapter deals with the characters of Robots in Čapek&apos;s play R.U.R., showing some of the typical contexts in which Robots were perceived both by the audiences and theatre critics (Massendrama, dramatic Expressionism, dystopic drama). It delves also into some of the less often mentioned, yet highly relevant contexts of the characters of Robots, showing especially three of them. Primarily, the chapter points to the post-colonial appeal of Robots which Karel Čapek was clearly aware of and which related Robots to the subjects of the British colonial empire in some other texts by Čapek, i.e. The Letters from England. Secondly, it extensively illustrates both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Scriptures, i.e. the biblical, connotations of the characters of Robots. R.U.R., in this aspect, ranks among the modern drama with very high, yet specific biblical intertextuality: the author did not intend the biblical quotes, figures and connotations to be interpreted in a strictly religious way. The third (un)discovered context to the characters of Robots is that of AI-related narratives and theories.

Název v anglickém jazyce

R.U.R.: The (Un)Discovered Contexts and Present-day Perspective

Popis výsledku anglicky

The chapter deals with the characters of Robots in Čapek&apos;s play R.U.R., showing some of the typical contexts in which Robots were perceived both by the audiences and theatre critics (Massendrama, dramatic Expressionism, dystopic drama). It delves also into some of the less often mentioned, yet highly relevant contexts of the characters of Robots, showing especially three of them. Primarily, the chapter points to the post-colonial appeal of Robots which Karel Čapek was clearly aware of and which related Robots to the subjects of the British colonial empire in some other texts by Čapek, i.e. The Letters from England. Secondly, it extensively illustrates both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Scriptures, i.e. the biblical, connotations of the characters of Robots. R.U.R., in this aspect, ranks among the modern drama with very high, yet specific biblical intertextuality: the author did not intend the biblical quotes, figures and connotations to be interpreted in a strictly religious way. The third (un)discovered context to the characters of Robots is that of AI-related narratives and theories.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Days After, Through the Lens of Karel Čapek’s Plays R.U.R. and The White Plague: Ethical Dilemmas of Industrial and Post-industrial Societies in 20th and 21st Century Theatre

ISBN

978-80-7008-470-0

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

108-121

Počet stran knihy

217

Název nakladatele

Divadelní ústav Praha

Místo vydání

Praha

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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